Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] one [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law would be taking its stately course and perhaps one day she would have to sign documents , but as yet there had been no word from France — even Marguerite had not written — and Jenna felt very much alone . |
| 2 | Does she know that there are 86 films on TV this week and only one football game ? |
| 3 | Therefore , when it came to the social charter , when we really would have liked to influence events , Britain was left with no negotiating power , few friends and only one course of action — to opt out of the social dimension altogether . |
| 4 | He skirted down the side of the house , where there were few windows and only one fireman operating , and came to the back . |
| 5 | There are two methods of scoring a cloze test : one mark may be awarded for each acceptable answer or else one mark may be awarded for each exact answer . |
| 6 | If these occasions are known , the worker and supervisor may make a joint decision that only one member of staff from the Department may go . |
| 7 | Most placements of agency secretarial/office staff are for a period as short as two weeks or less , albeit subject to extension , but the assignments advertised for computer staff are of three months , or more often six months and sometimes one year or even two year duration , again subject to extension . |
| 8 | Coles recorded 11 pars , six birdies and just one bogey and was in immaculate form from tee and fairway and around the greens . |
| 9 | Ian Porterfield 's young side immediately showed to the challenge from the start , showing the form that has taken them to fourth in the Premier League after just one defeat in their previous 11 games . |
| 10 | Many right-wing thinkers since the late nineteenth century had seen the sufferings and sacrifices of the rural community as just one aspect of Japan 's development along an undesirable path . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't want to make rash judgements after just one game but I ca n't afford to wait . |
| 12 | Hunt , who drafted the reply , said that the dates could not be altered ; they had had 1,050 applications and only one request for an extension . |
| 13 | Have a National Anthem that only one person ( ) can sing properly . |
| 14 | Prospective studies throw more light on the antecedent factors but only one study has followed up high-risk young people for a sufficient number of years to provide any helpful analyses . |
| 15 | Consideration was given to living there , but the thought of sixty bedrooms and only one bathroom was too much Legend has it that the place was once so deprived of modern conveniences that drinking water would sometimes be collected by a footman with a silver pitcher from a stream flowing in front of the main door which originally served as a moat . |
| 16 | As a result I work harder , I 'm a better friend , a better father and perhaps one day I 'll make a better husband . |
| 17 | she obviously did n't know this for a long time and then one day I said to her , well , it was lovely meal and all that but I do think your mark-up on the wine is scandalous ! |
| 18 | However , her feelings of hopelessness increased over the next 3 weeks and late one night , after she had been drinking alone , she took an overdose of the tranquillizer mixed with paracetamol and then went to bed . |
| 19 | Therefore , people in early recovery are advised to take life one day — or , in moments of acute stress , one hour or even one minute — at a time . |
| 20 | This frequently necessitated the redistribution and scattering of men who formerly worked in one department and under one roof . |
| 21 | In the winter , snow or , more usually , hail can fall on the tops of the highest mountains and yet one hour 's drive down in Funchal people are swimming and sunbathing . |
| 22 | The appellant 's conduct was aimed at one person and only one person . |
| 23 | One month and again one year after the presentation of the final report , I revisited the school to find out what changes had occurred as a result of the review . |
| 24 | Thus , in a situation where five users are interactively editing files from their own terminals , there would be five processes but only one program , the editor being shared among the users . |
| 25 | During World War Two some 2,000 AFCs were awarded , with 26 first bars and just one second bar ; the latter going to W/C H J Wilson . |
| 26 | We 've had I think forty five enquiries and definitely one lady wants seventy from Sussex or somewhere , wants seventy crackers for one wedding . |
| 27 | The study of recall over time has been used to find whether there are separate system underlying short-term and long-term memory or only one system functioning at different levels ( Baddeley , 1976 ) . |
| 28 | Babur also understands the mild-mannered little men who tolerate their wives ' infidelities for twenty years and then one day they simply leap across the room and strangle her and saw her head off with the breadknife and put her bit by bit down the rubbish disposal , serves the fucking slut right , the sloppy slag trollop . |
| 29 | He has five-star ideas but only one star for approach and organisation . ’ |
| 30 | A small number of patients admitted to missing the capsules on single days but only one patient admitted to stopping treatment for several weeks . |